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this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. tributes pour in for dame tessa jowell, who played a major role in securing the 2012 london olympics, who's died aged 70. she did everything with the same passive, determination, verve, and she was in unique politician but a dear friend. two british tourists — abducted by armed militia in the democratic republic of congo on friday — have been released. indonesian police say a mother and father and their children carried out three church bombings that killed at least 13 people. theresa may says people who voted to leave the eu will get the brexit they want, but compromises will be needed on all sides. also in the next hour, the industrialist, sirjim ratcliffe, has been named as the wealthiest person in the uk. the founder of chemical firm ineos is the first british—born person to top the list in 15 years,
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and is said to be worth over £20 billion. lewis hamilton extends his lead in the drivers‘ championship, after winning the spanish grand prix in barcelona. and in half an hour here on bbc news, the travel show is in the philippines, braving public transport in the traffic chaos of manila. good evening and welcome to bbc news. tributes have been paid to tessa jowell — the veteran labour cabinet minister and peer — who has died after spending herfinal months campaigning for better treatments for brain cancer. she was 70, and was diagnosed with a brain tumour a year ago. today, she was remembered for a long career in public service,
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including setting up sure start children's centres and helping to bring the olympics to london. nick robinson, who interviewed her during her illness, looks back on her life. tessa jowell knew she had just weeks to live when she launched one last campaign to improve cancer care for all. i am not afraid. i feel very clear about my sense of purpose and what i want to do. and how do i know how long it will last? baroness jowell. a public servant to the very last, dame tessa spoke to a packed, tearful house of lords, about how those with tumours like hers could be treated so much better. i hope that this debate will give hope to other cancer patients like me. a friend and ally of tony blair, tessa, as she was referred to by most people in politics,
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was popular even with those who didn't much like her boss. her impact on politics was enormous. everything she touched, she turned to gold in some way, whether it was advancing equal pay for women, starting sure start, which is an immense programme for children in our country, or bringing the olympics to britain. she did everything but the same passion, determination, verve and charm. the games for the olympics in 2012 are awarded to the city of london. when london won the contest to host the olympic games, it was a personal victory for the woman who championed the bid from the very start. i am tessa jowell, olympic minister. she oversaw the often troubled preparations for the games, laying the foundations for a moment
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that brought the country together. without her, i absolutely don't think we would have had a chance of winning the games, nor delivering the games when they were, because she demanded everything. even when very sick, tessa jowell never sought sympathy. she did demand change, change to allow cancer patients to switch from one trial to the next rather than waiting months, months they and she didn't have. some people listening to you will think, "why don't you curl up on the sofa, be with your family and friends, look after yourself"? absolutely impossible. and i have so much love in my family, my children, my close friends. "brave and inspiring", words often used for those whose lives cut short by cancer. they're not nearly enough to describe tessa jowell. in the end, what gives a life meaning is not
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only how it is lived, but how it draws to a close. applause. we can now speak to the labour mp sarah jones who worked for dame tessa jowell in helping to organise the london 2012 olympic and paralymic games. thank you for giving up your time this evening. you must have strong memories of an exciting time with her. it was an amazingly exciting time. she was the one that came up with the ideal of even bidding in the first place. everybody thought it was a crazy idea at the time and it was a crazy idea at the time and it was a crazy idea at the time and it was in 2001. remember we had just
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at the millennium dome and wembley stadium are not done very well in the olympics or the previous ones and everybody thought this was something impossible and she thought it was a good idea and set about persuading every member of the cabinet to her view so we agreed to bid for it and then we won it. when i worked for her was when she was minister from i worked for her was when she was ministerfrom about i worked for her was when she was minister from about 2008 when she was responsible for this huge project that everybody thought we could not do, and we knew, because she was so optimistic and bright and right that she knew this was the thing that was going to be bringing the country together and if you remember 2012 and how it did bring people together and made us all so proud and we did so well and she saw that ten years previously and that is what was so special about us, she saw the good in people and saw what was possible and she went for it.
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and her ability to get people to see things her way and share her passion and excitement and share an idea. you could not say no to tessa jowell. she knew so many people and who the right people to talk to work but she knew them as friends. she was hugely warm and generous with everybody and when it came to my time to want to stand to be mp, she was there to help me to think about what i was doing and what i was doing it for and how i was going to speak. she was just incredibly supportive. people gave her what she asked for because she gave so much back, so much love back to everybody that they wanted to help her. she was quite challenging to work for sometimes because she had so much she wanted to do through the olympics. she did notjust want to put on the sport, but you wanted people to participate and east london to be regenerated and
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bringing the people coming together and volunteering but she managed to do it through her passion and enthusiasm but also because everybody wanted to help her because they had so much respect and love for her. it was clearly devastating news, being diagnosed with a brain tumour, but she was straight ban and doing what she could before she passed away. yes. i can't imagine what it would be like for her family to say she would sit back and be with herfamily to say she would sit back and be with her family and to say she would sit back and be with herfamily and be quiet. she just thought this was the time now and these things are happening to me and these things are happening to me andi and these things are happening to me and i know how hard it is to get the trials and the treatment to get access to things and she wanted everybody to have access to the best treatment and brain tumours, we have
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not had any improvement on those outcomes for years and years. there has not been much research and it's very difficult. and with a rare brain tumours like tessa it's even harder because clinical trials and research takes longer because there's fewer people to look at the results so her ideas about sharing data across countries and that everybody could get access, these we re everybody could get access, these were the right things to do. we had a debate in the house of commons less tha n a debate in the house of commons less than a month ago now to pay tribute to her and what she wanted from that, she said before we went into speech she said this was not about her and what we could achieve and it absolutely was. it was our duty to take on her campaign and make sure we could get better outcomes for people with cancer because she wanted people to live better and not just
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because she wanted people to live better and notjust die from it and that has to be something we take on in memory to her. sarah jones, thank you for sharing your memories this evening. with us the labour peer, lord boateng who was in the cabinet with tessa jowell under tony blair. thank you for taking the time to comment. we are getting an impression of a life very well and fully lived. she was a warm, bright, lovely, loving brave soul. always with this passion for socialjustice that shaped her whole being. it was not just her politics, that shaped her whole being. it was notjust her politics, she lived and breathed justice of every sort to the very end. i knew her in cabinet and as an activist in local government when we were together in the 80s and she was always at the forefront of the struggle for what is right in politics and what is
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true in politics and she spoke up regardless of the cost to herself and leaves a massive gap in our national life. gives an insight around the cabinet table in the way she would have been in those discussions. she was tough it's a great mistake to think that tessa was warm and soft and cuddly. she was, but she was a tough political operator and she knew how to get a point over and get it over well and passionately but also how to influence people and how to move people by the force of intellect and argument. but also by the sincerity and honesty and integrity of her views and she never ever betrayed her principles. those principles we re her principles. those principles were her guiding star. and they saw
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her through her life until the end. when we think of the legacy she leaves and we were talking about the work she had done latterly for those suffering with brain cancer but also found that we had sure start, the olympic games and a huge body of work that she leaves a big mark behind. what runs through her work and life is the struggle against inequality and to give people a fair chance. that is what shaped her thinking around public health and she recognised that a health outcomes are determined all too often by way were born, your gender, your race, your class. she wanted to do something about that. she understood that for ray charles to develop its full potential you had to have early intervention and she learned that as a ground—breaking chair of social services and she sought to deliver that in government. and she knew as well
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that life could be made that much fuller and joyful by the arts and by making culture and cultural institutions open and available to all, equally. and those are the things that i will remember her for. those are the things that the nation and wider world will remember her for. her passion forjustice. her fierce integrity. she is a warm and loving soul. as they were preparing for the debate, it she said it was not about me. i wonder if she would be. she might be amazed that she would be paying tribute to her in extraordinary ways. and it's about what she wanted to get done. she would want her life and the manner in which she lived and she lived it
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would be a stimulus to us, not to allow that to be in vain. that means restoring sure start, restoring opportunities the young people, which means battling against inequality, as she always would have done and that means as well recognising that your health chances should not be determined by whether you are rich or powerful or born in this place or the other. your health chances should be determined by our collective commitment to science, caring and to the welfare of all. that is what tessa was about. very good of you to come in and give us that tribute. thank you very much indeed. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are john rentoul, chief political correspondent at the independent, and katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator.
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the metropolitan police are investigating another suspected stabbing, after a man in his twenties was found injured outside the national theatre on london's south bank. the incident happened just before 4pm this afternoon and officers are still carrying out a search of the area. there are no details about the man's condition and no arrests have been made. two british tourists who were taken hostage in a gorilla sanctuary in the democratic republic of congo have been released. they were kidnapped by gunmen in virunga national park on friday. a female park ranger was shot dead and a driver was injured. theresa may spoke by phone this afternoon with the iranian president, hassan rouhani. the call took place ahead of a meeting of european and iranian foreign ministers in brussels on tuesday, which is expected to discuss the iran nuclear deal. downing street says the prime minister reiterated
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the commitment of the uk and its european partners to ensuring the deal is upheld. at least 13 people have been killed and more than a0 injured in bomb attacks on churches in indonesia. police say the attacks were carried out by six members of the same family — including four children — who blew themselves up at the threesites in the city of surabaya. our correspondent jonathan head reports. blazing motorbikes marks the site of one of the three attacks. all suicide bombers, say the indonesian police, and all from the same family, including a mother and two daughters aged nine and 12. a known islamic state media outlet has claimed that the attack was the work of its loyalists. the olice claimed the family had recently returned from fighting is in syria. the president visited the site, and called for indonesians to fight the scourge of extremism. translation: this morning,
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we have ordered the police track down the networks of the perpetrators at source. we will not tolerate this kind of cowardice. i'm calling on everyone to fight terrorism, which is against the values of all religions, and our national values as a nation. for its security forces they have had many successes. the headlines on bbc news: dame tessa jowell has died at the age of 70. she was diagnosed with brain cancer last may. two british nationals who were
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kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo on friday have been released unharmed. police in indonesia say a couple and their four children the new manchester city were champions going into the final day and they are being hailed as the greatest side in the league history as they finished on a hundred points, they finished on a high, like liverpool as they finished in the champions league places, but it was an emotional end of arsene wenger. after nine months and 380 games, one team stood head and shoulders above the rest. manchester
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city, champions of england, a celebratory end to a record—breaking season. celebratory end to a record—breaking season. gabrieljesus lobbing a stoppage time winner at southampton as city became the first side in premier league history to amass 100 points. with manchester united anton guaranteed a top four finish, the remaining champions league place came to the final day and it was taken in came to the final day and it was ta ken in style came to the final day and it was taken in style by tom —— manchester united and tottenham. mo salah again a gun at —— amongst the scorers to get his 32nd goal and the golden boot meaning chelsea would have been league football saddled for europa league football next term. heavily beaten at newcastle, is speculation william —— speculation will focus on antonio conte's future. needing a sporting miracle to survive, it did not arrive for swansea, and theyjoined stoke as well as west brom in dropping down to the championship.
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the aftermath also marked the end of arsene wenger‘s reign as arsenal manager, giving a reception at huddersfield bidding of his legendary status, he oversaw one last big three to make it a fond farewell. just some of the games taking place today. let's look at the other results from the premier league. a nine goal thriller with harry kane scoring twice in tottenham's 5—4 victory over leicester. marcus rashford and michael —— manchester united a victory in michael carrick‘s last game. bournemouth and crystal palace finish their seasons with victory as well. this is how the results affect the top of the table with manchester city finishing on a record 100 points. liverpool the only football league team to go unbeaten at home secure a top four place. totten also making next season's champions league —— toss numb. swansea drop out of the top flight after a
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four—year spell. theyjoined stoke next season. huddersfield and southampton narrow losers today but both are set for another season in the premier league. to the scottish premiership where celtic finally got their hands on the trophy after winning their seventh title in a i’ow. winning their seventh title in a row. their league season ended in defeat to aberdeen who finished in second while rangers took third after a ten goal thriller against hibernian at easter road. he bernie knew they had a chance of finishing third if they could manage a six goal advantage over rangers. there we re goal advantage over rangers. there were 3—0 up after 23 minutes. the rangers launched a spectacular comeback which drew them level by half—time. then remarkably jason holt gave them the lead in the 55th minute. he bernie and were not finished afterjamie mclaren gave them the lead —— hibernian were not finished. lewis hamilton has made it victories to maintain his lead in the standings. the defending champion was clear of the chaos on the opening lap of the spanish grand
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prix in barcelona which wiped out three cars. hamilton was untroubled to move 17 points clear at the top of the drivers championship. alexander's aero has won his third masters title by beating dominik thiem. he won the match in straight sets beating his austrian opponent 6-4, 6-4, his sets beating his austrian opponent 6—4, 6—4, his second title in two weeks after winning in munich. and that's all the sport for now. much more through the evening. theresa may says people who voted to leave the eu will get the brexit they wanted but that compromises will be needed on all sides. while the prime minister has reaffirmed her commitment to leaving the customs union, one of her senior ministers said today he had doubts about one of the alternatives she favours — a customs partnership. our political correspondent, chris mason, reports. once again, with her cabinet divided, the prime minister is defending her approach to brexit, telling voters and her mps in a sunday times article, "you can trust me to deliver",
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is fighting over two customs options, neither of which frankly are workable, neither of which are acceptable to the eu. ministers on tuesday, as she tries to find a solution that her cabinet, parliament, and the eu can accept. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. student organisations representing almost a million young people studying at uk universities and colleges have joined forces this weekend in an open letter to parliament demanding a referendum on any final brexit deal. it voices their fears that leaving the eu will have a disastrous effect on their future prospects. the group that wrote the open letter is called for our futures sake, or ffs. ruth wilkinson, president of kent university student union,
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is a member and has signed the letter. tel is a bit more how this has come about. young people are feeling frustrated by the negotiations going on and brexit was voted on two years ago and since then we've not seen anything positive come from it. this is young people's chance to be galvanised and have their site and hopefully have mps in parliament listened to us. you've sent the open letter to mps. q are - listened to us. you've sent the open letter to mps. q are you i letter to mps. what are you answering —— asking? letter to mps. what are you answering -- asking? we ask people's vote on the terms of the brexit deal. you won't be the only people asking for that and it's an argument held widely and many people say that it muddies waters and the question was put, do you want to leave or stay and people voted decisively to leave and therefore the politicians say they have to go with it because democratic principle. we were voting on things we did not know what the future would look like. people legitimately voted to leave and it was based on promises that were
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lies. those people might be betrayed and now what we need to do is vote on the terms of the brexit vote. what can theresa may offer us as a legitimate brexit. are you looking asa legitimate brexit. are you looking as a group for a particular issue that you're interested in or you just want the chance to have a say more generally, like having the vote over? lots of issues like freedom of movement and job prospects as well affect young people, but young people are feeling frustrated that their voices are not listen to. they overwhelmingly voted to remain in the eu so we want to make sure they have their chance to have their voice heard. you reached out to members of parliament. what response are you getting? generally positive but there are those who have not responded and we will continue to ask them what their thoughts are and hopefully they will reply to us.“ you don't get the response you want, and you say about taking action and highlighting your course and the demands you are making, so how do you hope to achieve it? we will be the classic students and march on
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june 23 and will lobby as well, so we will meet with those supportive mps and support them with their work in the houses of parliament. ruth wilkinson, thank you very much. a businessman who grew up in a council house and was the son of a joiner has topped this year's sunday times rich list. sirjim ratcliffe is worth an estimated £21 billion. he founded the chemical firm ineos which runs the grangemouth the listiefilgearsf our business correspondent, joe lynam, has been giving us a little more insight into who sirjim ratcliffe is. he grew up in a council house in oldham, and he transformed a chemical and refining business into a multi—billion dollar operation, multi—billion pound operation, grangemouth in scotland. he is also a triathlete, even though he is in his 60s. he runs an ironman triathlon so he is pretty fit. he is one of the people behind
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the daily mile which, if you are a parent of young children, you will be aware of. it is that idea to get kids off their backsides and running around one mile in the school yard every single day. and he is passionately anti—european union and passionately pro—fracking. he is also redesigning, or redeveloping the famous land rover defender, that is the iconic boxy—shaped one we have seen in the 60s and 70s movies. he is redesigning that for the 21st century because jlr, the owners of land rover, no longer want to produce the vehicle. so a very interesting guy, doing a lot of stuff, continuing to do a lot of stuff and enjoyed his wealth of £21 billion. peaky blinders has won its first ever bafta television award, beating shows like line of duty and the crown to the coveted prize for best drama series. the award for best supporting actress went to vanessa kirby
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for her role as prince margaret in the crown with brian f o'byrne taking the gong for his supporting role in little boy blue. that evening after a cloudy start for sunday, things have been brightening up nicely and in the afternoon we had temperatures up to 18 degrees for several places. under the clear skies it will be a chilly night. more cloud in some areas, particularly northern ireland, the cloud moving in from the west and also east anglia and the far south—east. showers clear away from orkney and shetland later in the night. wherever you are it will be a fresh start to monday and even a touch of grass frost in some spots. through the day there is plenty of sunshine, still cloudy in the west in particularly northern ireland and
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